21 And Over (2013)

21 And Over Synopsis

Straight-A college student Jeff Chang has always done what’s expected of him. But when his two best friends Casey and Miller surprise him with a visit for his 21st birthday, he decides to do the unexpected for a change, even though his critical medical school interview is early the next morning. What was supposed to be one beer becomes one night of chaos, over indulgence and utter debauchery in this outrageous comedy.

How much cash does it take to bring a massively CG version of the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk to the big screen? Over $200 million. How much cash did it make at the box office weekend? Suffice to say there may have been giant slaying at the center of the movie, but there was no slaying of giant budget costs.

It may surprise a few of you to learn this, but there are quite a few people that live in China. And by a few I mean one-fifth of the world's population. It's a market that Hollywood has been desperate to invade for years now, but there's a small problem: the Chinese government isn't big on American movies.

If Jon Lucas and Scott Moore know anything it's apparently how to get drunk and party way too hard. The duo got their real big break when they scripted 2009's The Hangover, which follows a group of guys recovering from a night of debauchery; which was then followed by The Change Up, the story of how two men switch bodies after getting ripped and peeing in a magic fountain.

As Project X proved when it opened huge earlier this year, there's still a huge market for raunchy movies about dudes getting into a ton of trouble. And while The Hangover guys might have the market cornered for grown-ups, Project X proved that high school students can be even more ridiculous. Now college guys are getting their chance in 21 and Over

It was weird to hear that an American company was shooting something in China with apparently no knowledge of the political situation, but even weirder to realize the film in question was a raunchy comedy about a kid's 21st birthday… with no apparent reason whatsoever for shooting in China

Relativity Media is taking heat for filming scenes for its bawdy comedy 21 and Over in the Chinese city of Linyi in the Shandong province which, according to Deadline, is the same spot when blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng is being held under house arrest

There's already a Hangover 2 in the works and set to start filming this fall, but the movie's writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore aren't letting go of their "morning after" premise until they've milked as much money out of it as they can